Merle Haggard passed away on his birthday in 2016 and left behind an immortal legacy. Over the course of his career, Haggard released more than 60 albums and wrote many of the songs on those albums.

When he stepped onto the Austin City Limits stage for the very first time on that brisk January day in 1978, Merle Haggard was at the top of his game. It had been over a decade since his first ...

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Shortly after finding success with the studio version of “Okie from Muskogee,” Haggard released a live album of the same name. It became a multi-week No. 1 in the summer of 1970. So, after “The ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — He lived the kind of remarkable life that befits a character from a classic work of fiction — but the Merle Haggard story needs no fictional embellishment. His flawed, ...

Nine and a half years after his death -- on his 79th birthday, in fact -- Merle Haggard is the subject of two new albums, one ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway. This ...

Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend's upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...